As we raced the sun to get our anchor down we kept a steady pass of seven knots. We were surprised the wind did not disappear as we pulled in the lee of the island. We were attempting the south Fatu Hiva anchorage in front of the village Omoa. In […]
SV Just Drifting
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We are ringing in the New Year in Pape’ete Tahiti, and New Years Day with a new sail. The last couple of days we have been busy getting food, fuel, taking down Christmas lights, raising the dingy, cleaning the boat bottom, doing laundry and it goes on and on. Our […]
We walked off the boat this morning to drums beating and Polynesian dancers arriving on small boats, along with many other small boats and outriggers. Tahiti welcomed Paul Meilhat SMA Vendee solo racer with open arms after his withdraw from third place. He left the Vendee race because of a […]
We were excited to see SV Lojan arrive in Phaeton Bay. Sadly they needed help because their engine gave out. We hung around to spend another night visiting, but we were eaten alive by the mosquitos so we sailed south. Teahupoo is southern Tahiti’s famous surf spot. Certain times of […]
We had a busy morning but beautiful morning. The sun rose from Tahiti Iti and shined on Tahiti Nui as we moved the boat to Phaeton Bay; which is rumored to be the best hurricane whole in the south pacific. There are many mooring balls so we were very careful […]